Given name & surname
Cush
Cush is used as a given name and a surname.
Original Hebrewכוש
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Cush is a biblical name, probably from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Cush appears in Genesis 2:13, Amos 9:7, 2 Kings 19:9 and 2 other passages.
- Genesis 2:13
- Amos 9:7
- 2 Kings 19:9
- Acts 8:27
- Genesis 10:6
From biblical name research
Cush’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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